[pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg: Use SKIP in checksum to skip integrity check

[Allan McRae]

Using the value of "SKIP" in the checksum array will cause that
integrity check to be skipped.  This makes building packages that
rely on user configurable sources less painful.

Based-on-patch-by: Dan McGee <dan at archlinux.org>
Based-on-patch-by: David Campbell <davekong at archlinux.us>

Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>
---
 doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt    |    7 ++++---
 scripts/makepkg.sh.in |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index fad93e5..cd6b09f 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ of the corresponding source file.
 *md5sums (array)*::
 	This array contains an MD5 hash for every source file specified in the
 	source array (in the same order). makepkg will use this to verify source
-	file integrity during subsequent builds. To easily generate md5sums, run
-	`makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD`. If desired, move the md5sums line to an
-	appropriate location.
+	file integrity during subsequent builds. If 'SKIP' is put in the array
+	in place of a normal hash, the integrity check for that source file will
+	be skipped. To easily generate md5sums, run ``makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD''. If
+	desired, move the md5sums line to an appropriate location.
 
 *sha1sums, sha256sums, sha384sums, sha512sums (arrays)*::
 	Alternative integrity checks that makepkg supports; these all behave
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index a4a3d13..c4a0031 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -668,6 +668,8 @@ check_checksums() {
 					realsum="${realsum##* }"
 					if [[ $expectedsum = $realsum ]]; then
 						echo "$(gettext "Passed")" >&2
+					elif [[ $expectedsum = 'SKIP' ]]; then
+						echo "$(gettext "Skipped")" >&2
 					else
 						echo "$(gettext "FAILED")" >&2
 						errors=1
-- 
1.7.8